I'll describe how I personally use GpxOverlay on my videos.
Remember, GpxOverlay renders photos you can import into a video editor as a photo sequence. Unfortunately, CapCut doesn't support it.
But I highly recommend Davinci Resolve.
Download .gpx file
- I download the .gpx from my activity on Strava.
- You can also extract the gpx from your video if you have a camera with GPS (like a GoPro, but not GoPro 12).
- You can also download it from komoot/garmin or any app where you record your activity. Just make sure you export GPX and not FIT format.
Upload gpx file to GpxOverlay
- Open GpxOverlay.com.
- Upload the GPX file.
- You'll be asked to choose what parts of the activity you want to render.
- Choose only the parts you've recorded on the video. If you don't see a list of timeframes, it means there's just one long activity. Keep going.
- There's no need to select all parts if your video is shorter than the entire activity.
- Each "part" of the activity refers to a continuous movement. If you stop for a few seconds, a new part will begin.
- Now choose your settings:
- Resolution: Full HD renders the overlays quicker and it's enough for social media videos.
- Use 4k when you want to render overlays for YouTube or other high-quality videos.
- Choose units.
- In the stats section, you'll see all statistics detected in your gpx file.
- If you're sure you had something more, contact me.
- After clicking "Generate Overlays," you'll see the progress.
- Leave your email.
- The email is just in case you will have any issues. I'll try to help you personally.
- Download the overlays.
Import overlays to your video editor
The overlay you generated looks like this:
For Video format:
- No need to slow down the overlay (like you do with a photo sequence).
- Simply import the overlay video.
- Sync the overlay by looking at the time when you started recording your video.
For Photo Sequence format:
- At the very bottom, there's all the information needed to sync the overlay with your video.
- You'll get the local time the exact frame refers to.
- If your video has 60FPS, slow down the overlay to 0.08333 of the speed, or use a different value listed.
- If you use a different frame rate, just calculate like this: Let's say you have 24FPS. 5/24 = 0.20833.
- NOTE: In DaVinci Resolve 19 you have to set up frame rate for the video sequence. Pick the rate you used here. 5 or 10 fps. You don't need to slow down the clip in this case.
- NOTE2: Some of the video editors can have similar option. Set frame rate for the photo sequence instead of changing the clip speed.
- To synchronize the video, check what time the video started.
- Tip: If you see any watch or bike computer in the video, you can use it.
- Double-check the video is synced by going to the end of it and see if both times (video and overlay) are the same.
- Done, render the video.
- Share the video with me! I would love to see what you've created!
- Send the video here: instagram.com/gpxoverlay
